Why “Geotourism” Is Nothing New

Posted by Mike Richard on July 21, 2007
Filed under: Odds + Ends, Sidelines

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Tim Leffel - always willing to point out the obvious when others seem to overlook it - makes a great point about the “new” travel trend known as geotourism:

Most of us who have been around a bit would just call that “traveling,” but get ready for a new term for it: “geotourism.”

That’s the gist of this AP article, “No tourist traps - geotourism gains popularity.” Stories like this always make me laugh, but that’s partly because I’m a travel writer and I know that there’s nothing editors like more than to look like they’re on top of some hot new trend. Of course there’s nothing new about wanting a more authentic experience.

Well, I suppose there is something new about tourists wanting a more authentic experience. Perhaps this is really the new trend: tourists comparing the authenticity, rather than the perceived luxury and decadence, of their trips; eschewing the Ritz Carlton and accompanying three daily massages to instead built treehouses with the natives in Papua New Guinea.

Not likely, but it’s a nice thought.

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Vagabondish editor Mike Richard lives in Rhode Island - a small patch of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats and speaking in the third person.



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